The Relativity of Horse Ownership

As a horse owner, sometimes it was inevitable to face a situation where every horse was injured.

After the Arima Memorial, that was exactly what happened.

"President, Ata-chan's left foreleg was a little stiff this morning. To be safe, we took an ultrasound."

The news from Majima gave him quite a fright at first.

Although the final results showed nothing serious, the decision was still made to send her back to the farm for rest as soon as possible.

The stiffness was probably caused by excessive muscle fatigue—

After asking the veterinary colleagues from the Advanced Large Animal Medical Center to come examine her, that was the conclusion they reached.

Thus, during this early stage of rest, Atalanta was placed in a separate paddock with relatively limited space.

Though even during group turnout, she had never been particularly fond of moving around.

What followed was a long recovery period measured in months.

As a horse owner, all he could do was oversee the overall management of his horses. As for concrete matters such as daily training and physical condition management, those could only be left to the stable.

Normally, what he needed to consider was how to arrange racing schedules and rest periods. At times, this also included broader strategic planning, such as whether to alter a horse's racing route or even change stables based on its ability and the level of competition.

Naturally, horses that needed rest could not race during that time. There would be no subsidies or prize money coming in, while expenses continued to flow out.

Of course, when the breeder also served as the owner, the pressure they bore during a horse's layoff was generally much lighter than that faced by ordinary individual owners.

That was only under normal circumstances.

Aside from feed supplies that